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National Hockey League
Vancouver 4, Ottawa 3
When: 7:00 PM ET, Saturday, November 23, 2024
Where: Canadian Tire Centre, Ottawa, Ontario
Referees: Jean Hebert, Carter Sandlak
Linesmen: Matt MacPherson, CJ Murray
Attendance: 18995

Jake DeBrusk had two goals with an assist, and the visiting Vancouver Canucks overcame the ejection of star Quinn Hughes to hang on for their seventh straight road win, 4-3 over the Ottawa Senators on Saturday.

Kiefer Sherwood recorded a goal and an assist for the Canucks, who prevailed despite Hughes being issued a game misconduct for boarding Josh Norris with 7:31 remaining in the first period. DeBrusk, who entered with just three goals, snapped a six-game goal drought as the Canucks improved to a franchise-best 7-1-0 on the road.

Ottawa's Brady Tkachuk posted his 10th goal and received his own misconduct penalty with less than seven minutes left in the game. But late goals from Claude Giroux and Tim Stutzle made things interesting for Ottawa, which is mired in an 0-4-1 slide.

The Senators couldn't take advantage of the early departure of Hughes, Vancouver's leader with 19 points, who earned a major penalty for his check on Norris, whose head hit the end board. The Canucks were already without fellow stars Thatcher Demko (knee), Brock Boeser (upper-body injury) and J.T. Miller (personal reasons).

However, the Canucks killed the five-minute Senators' power play that followed. Then they made the most of their own power play when DeBrusk deflected in Conor Garland's shot with 1:24 left in the first to open the scoring.

Ottawa, though, converted on its next power-play opportunity at 3:41 of the second period as Tkachuk's quick stick pushed the puck past Vancouver's Kevin Lankinen (26 saves), who has won all seven of his road starts.

But the Canucks stormed back with three straight goals.

With 10:37 remaining in the second, Vancouver's Max Sasson sent a pass into the slot that Blueger sent past Ottawa's Linus Ullmark (17 saves). It was Sasson's first career NHL game. Less than four minutes later, working a two-on-one with Sherwood, DeBrusk brilliantly deked Ullmark for a 3-1 lead.

DeBrusk then earned an assist when Sherwood won a net-front scrum with 11:19 left in regulation for a 4-1 Canucks lead.

Giroux's power-play goal came with 3:31 left in the third and Stutzle notched the 100th goal of his career with 44 seconds to go and Ullmark pulled.

--Field Level Media

Top Game Performances
 
Vancouver   Ottawa
Jake DeBrusk 3 Points Claude Giroux 2
Jake DeBrusk 2 Goals Claude Giroux 1
Elias Pettersson 2 Assists Drake Batherson 2
Jake DeBrusk 1 Power Play Goals Claude Giroux 1
N/A Short Handed Goals N/A
Kevin Lankinen .897 Save Percentage Linus Ullmark .810
Kevin Lankinen 26 Saves Linus Ullmark 17
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Shots Goals Power Play Penalty Kill Penalty Mins Face Offs Won
Vancouver 21 4 1-6 1-3 30 19
Ottawa 29 3 2-3 5-6 33 36
Upcoming Games
  • Ottawa will play their next game at home against Calgary. The Senators have a W/L % of .333 after a win and .455 after a loss.
  • Vancouver will play their next game on the road against Boston. The Canucks have a W/L % of .500 after a win and .556 after a loss.